Issue 7: October - December 2010

A word from the Project Coordinator

 

Upcoming events

31 Jan Deadline for MICE transnational access applications

28 Mar-1 Apr PAC'11 North American Particle Accelerator Conference, USA

2-6 May First EuroNNAc (European Network on Novel Accelerators) workshop, Switzerland

The week of 10 May EuCARD 2nd Annual Meeting, France

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Project Results

Recent publications include: The CNGS Neutrino Beam: performance summary and future prospects; Benchmark of two quench simulation codes for the protection study of an high-field HTS insert dipole.
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Monographs Volumes 1-8 of the EuCARD monograph series are now available Read more»

Deliverables and milestones have been completed

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Mid-October marked a Malta meeting where members of the Steering Committee summarized successes of the first 18 months. Jean-Pierre Koutchouk, project coordinator, sums up the main achievements to date. Read more»

A knack for novel acceleration techniques

A new EuCARD network, EuroNNAc - European Network on Novel Accelerators, plans to unite researchers of plasma-driven and direct laser acceleration to identify synergies and future applications, as Ralph Assmann from CERN explains. Read more»

Crystal clear ideas for beam collimation

http://daresburycofe.org.uk/index.php?page=alice_panel_3_-_the_mad_hatterWhat if half a centimetre of silicon crystal could replace the 1-metre-long carbon of conventional collimators. Walter Scandale of CNRS-IN2P3 highlights promising results from recent crystal collimation tests.  Read more»

Accelerated learning for linear colliders

Amidst snow-capped Swiss mountains roughly 70 students undertook the high-paced challenge of the 2010 International Accelerator School for Linear Colliders, Weiren Chou of Fermilab tells all. Read more»

For EuCARD members

As 2010 draws to a close, the EuCARD steering committee and coordination office would like to wish all project members a very happy festive period and plenty of success for 2011.
 

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